| With a gross earning of over $460,000,000 | | | | the cars are designed. John wanted, for example, to |
| worldwide, the 2006 animated film Cars by Pixar was | | | | have the cars eyes at the windshields instead of the |
| 2006's highest animated grossing film in the US, | | | | headlights which made them look snake-like .An |
| loosing only to Ice age: The Meltdown on the global | | | | additional request was to use the tires as hands |
| scale. This revenue does not include income from the | | | | except vehicles with hooks that use them for pulling |
| Disney cars toys industry. | | | | and towing. It is a continuing challenge to make they |
| Starting from the early stages of production the | | | | cars human like without loosing their authenticity. |
| team in Pixar Studios started their research at the | | | | When the design phase was done, 3d models were |
| race tracks in Infineon Raceway ( Sonoma county), | | | | sculptured in clay and when approved they would be |
| riding in race cars driven by expert drivers to feel | | | | scanned to 3d software. The same models were |
| how the cars move and react to speed and forces in | | | | used later as reference for Disney cars toys. |
| the physics of the real world. They would also study | | | | The next phase before animating any sequence |
| traffic on the morning commute and went on a field | | | | would be to make the car look realistic by applying |
| trip along route 66 watching the small towns that | | | | textures, shadows, reflections and lighting. |
| were effected from the new highways and | | | | Once the movie was released additional products |
| intersections that were built. The photos from this | | | | were released such as Disney cars toys, dvds books, |
| trips helped the modelers and environment designers | | | | accessories and more that made cars one of the |
| build their scenes and unravel the story. | | | | best selling animation feature even today, 3 years |
| Animators studied the movements of athletes to see | | | | after release. |
| how they twist , turn and move and even took | | | | Currently (dated Aug 2009) pixar studios, which is |
| acting classes to get into the cars' shoes (or tires). | | | | located in Emeryville, California have earned twenty |
| Developers sketched multiple cars designs (from | | | | two academy awards, three Grammys and four |
| different time periods) following John Lesseter's | | | | golden globes for their achievements in the animated |
| guidelines which did a research of his own visiting the | | | | industry. |
| design studios of 3 major auto makers to see how | | | | |